By: Cindy Lever
Published:13 July 2017
Following months of gruelling treatment for stage four bowel cancer, a mother-of-three has spoken of her decision to embark on an unusual journey in a bid to fight back.
After doctors gave her three years to live, Brisbane mum, Roslyn McMaster, 54, underwent an 'extreme Ayurvedic detox' in India which included a daily drink of fresh warm, cow's urine to restore her body.
Rosyln had been diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in 2016 but instead of buckling under the weight of her prognosis, she took a different approach.
'I wasn't fazed by my prognosis. I just had an inner knowing it wasn't my time and I walked calmly through the chemo process rather than fight it,' she said.
She endured six months of conventional medical treatment - including chemotherapy and surgery to remove two tumours in her bowel - before beginning to research natural detox treatments online in a bid to complement conventional medicine and bring her body back to full health.
'I had been to India the year before so I already knew about Ayurveda. I stumbled across Panchakarma, an extreme Ayurvedic detox process. But India is full of detox clinics so it is hard to know which one to go to,' she said.
Eventually she found the Ayurveda Yoga Villa in Wayanad on Trip Advisor and after reading some of the hundreds of reviews knew straightaway it was where she wanted to be.
The cost of a two week stay for one person in a Riverside Herbal Cottage at the retreat is AUD $2863.
